Workshops at Mezzacello Urban Farm


Mezzacello offers summer camp programs, tours, and public speaking events. Mezzacello also offers workshops at Mezzacello Urban Farm. Workshops range from 90 minutes to half-day events around the technology, farming, gardening, sustainability, and energy systems.

Weekday or Weekend Workshop? Kids or Family?

All workshops at Mezzacello Urban Farm are hands on affairs with a deep focus on applied STEM and sustainability. The focus of workshops are to leverage applied STEM skills and experiences and do not include video or products. They are designed to be accessible to both young and adult alike, and many lend themselves to family integration and involvement.

Workshop Stipulations:

Four stipulations to workshops are:

  1. A participant limit of (16) persons for standard workshops

  2. Any workshop involving livestock or compost will require Rubber Boots and Jeans

  3. There can be no open toed shoes or shorts at any workshop, jeans and shoes only

  4. A medical and photo release forms must be included to participate

One Day Workshops

BioEngineering Basics

  • Using simple machines, sensors, and innovation

  • There are six simple machines and in this workshop we explore them all

  • Hands on and fun and design challenges to build solutions to real problems

  • This is a full-Day Workshop

  • Lunch is not provided

  • Presentation share out will be live and via video

Register for This BioEngineering Basics Workshop

May 25, 2024 | 9:00 - 2:00
Presentation at 2:00
Grades 4 - 9

FREE | 10 seats

Thanks to a Grant from City of Columbus, Andrew Ginther, Mayor


Mezzacello has a limited supply of child-sized boots. Rubber Boots are Required.


Lunch is not provided.

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BioTech in Action

  • Understanding livestock health and wellness

  • Treating, diagnosing, and managing the health of four different species of animals

  • The six main pathologies of captive livestock are explored and treated

  • This is a full-Day Workshop

  • Lunch is not provided

  • Presentation shareout will be a video

Register for this BioTech In Action Workshop

May 26, 2024 | 9:00 - 2:00
Presentation at 2:00
Grades 4 - 9

FREE | 10 seats

Thanks to a Grant from City of Columbus, Andrew Ginther, Mayor


Mezzacello has a limited supply of child-sized boots. Rubber Boots are Required.


Lunch is not provided.

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Partners Not Pets Workshop

  • Working with livestock on a farm

  • Why livestock is important to the health and sustainability of an urban farm

  • How animals and humans share in the sustainability of the urban farm

  • This workshop includes a discussion of ALL uses of animal products and animal bodies

  • This is a full-Day Workshop

  • Lunch is not provided

  • Presentation shareout will be a video

Register for Partners Not Pets Workshop

June 1, 2024 | 9:00 - 2:00
 Presentation at 2:00
Grades 4 - 9

FREE | 10 seats

Thanks to a Grant from City of Columbus, Andrew Ginther, Mayor


Mezzacello has a limited supply of child-sized boots. Rubber Boots are Required.


Lunch is not provided.

Physical Electricity Workshop

  • Leveraging the physics and practical use of electricity

  • Understanding electrons, pressure, physics, and math that creates the reality of energy

  • Participants experience WHY electricity is physical

  • Then they put that applied STEM knowledge to work

  • This is a full-Day Workshop

  • Lunch is not provided

  • Presentation shareout will be a video

Register for the Physical Electricity Workshop

June 2, 2024 9:00 - 2:00
Presentation at 2:00
Grades 4 - 9

FREE | 10 seats

Thanks to a Grant from City of Columbus, Andrew Ginther, Mayor


Mezzacello has a limited supply of child-sized boots. Rubber Boots are Required.


Lunch is not provided.

Quantum Effects in Nature

  • Seeing the role of the quantum realm on the farm)

  • Using light and electromagnetic effects to better understand nature

  • Why color, light, magnetism, and chemistry make reality seem more real

  • This is a full-Day Workshop

  • Lunch is not provided

  • Presentation shareout will be a video

Register for Quantum Effects in Nature Workshop

June 8, 2024 9:00 - 2:00
 Presentation at 2:00
Grades 4 - 9

This has been a popular request by kids and parents!

FREE | 10 seats

Thanks to a Grant from City of Columbus, Andrew Ginther, Mayor


Mezzacello has a limited supply of child-sized boots. Rubber Boots are Required.


Lunch is not provided.